A serial burglar threatened staff with a screwdriver while trying to steal from a city centre Tesco garage.

Matthew Danville, 35, smashed a window and threatened staff with the tool when he tried to take cash from the till at the supermarket's St Stephen's Shopping Centre garage.

Prosecuting in Hull Crown Court, Stephen Welch said Danville, of Bridlington Avenue, west Hull, targeted the petrol station on June 2. He said: "A male was seen to get out of a vehicle, smash a window, and attempt to steal cash from the till."

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Danville then got back into the car and threatened a staff member with a screwdriver.

Days later, in the early hours of June 8, he smashed a window of the Tesco store in Bridlington and stole £1,200 from the till.

On May 12, CCTV had captured Danville parking a Ford car outside Auckland Convenience Store in Anlaby Road, west Hull, and smashing the glass door before clearing a cabinet of £3,000-worth of cigarettes, which he stuffed into a duvet.

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Mr Welch said officers who viewed the footage immediately recognised Danville - who had been convicted of 70 previous offences - and visited his home, where they found the cigarettes and a key belonging to the car used in the raid.

Danville previously admitted two counts of non-dwelling burglary, one count of non-dwelling burglary with intent to steal, two counts of driving while disqualified and without insurance.

In addition, he asked for a further seven counts of burglary, the details of which were not given, and one count of criminal damage, which related to the Bridlington raid, to be taken into consideration.